Epstein Secrets

ome selection within groups. He further suggested that group selection is nearly always weak, so that group-related adaptations do not exist (3). Richard Dawkins (I) popularized the notion that traits which evolve arc adaptive at the gene level through his use of the metaphor of the selfish gene. Genes ser

-8). For instance, in The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doct

and our deepest motivations with EFTA_R1_01522120 EFTA02444883 Page I36 something like inclusive fitness and kin altruism? Let me start with Aquinas. In the "Supplement" to his Summa Theologica 111, Thomas follows Aristotle and the Roman natural-law theorist Ulpian in asserting that humans sh

ved, by a kind of succession, in the person of the son, it is naturally befitting that the son succeed in the things belonging to the father." 21 Aquinas's main source for this insight was Aristotle's Politics. In one place Aristotle wrote, " In common with other animals and with plants, mankind hav

ntail a step toward metaphysical speculation of the kind science would do better to avoid. Nonetheless, in the view of Christian love developed in Aquinas, the seeds of a religious humanism — in this case a Christian humanism —began to form. I have tried to illustrate how insights from Aristotle an

(3-8). For instance, in 7he God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doct

science (or religion) is the one and only valid way of understanding human behavior and the world around us (3-8). For instance, in 7he God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doctrines under the scrutiny of science only to find that none passes scientific muster. The vast major

ty ever identify eros and our deepest motivations with HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021281 something like inclusive fitness and kin altruism? Let me start with Aquinas. In the “Supplement” to his Summa Theologica I, Thomas follows Aristotle and the Roman natural-law theorist Ulpian in asserting that humans share wi

ldren need their parents for a very long period of time and over the course HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021282 of many contingencies and challenges. This leads Aquinas to develop his theology of marriage as a way of consolidating and stabilizing parental commitment, especially paternal commitment, to their dependent

y entail a step toward metaphysical speculation of the kind science would do better to avoid. Nonetheless, in the view of Christian love developed in Aquinas, the seeds of a religious humanism — in this case a Christian humanism —began to form. I have tried to illustrate how insights from Aristotle and Aq

Science (1874), and Andrew Dickson White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008). Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007), 270-95. I For a

m (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 20

ends the dynamic of inclusive fitness much like in Catholic moral theology caritas (love) builds on and extends eros (desire). Browning writes, "[Aquinas] held — and Christianity has always taught — that Christian love includes more than kin altruism and the care of our familial offspring; it must

and Science (1874), and Andrew Dickson White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008). ' Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007), 270-95. ' For a sa

om (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008

extends the dynamic of inclusive fitness much like in Catholic moral theology caritas (love) builds on and extends eros (desire). Browning writes, “[Aquinas] held — and Christianity has always taught — that Christian love includes more than kin altruism and the care of our familial offspring; it must incl